N Golo Kante : The French midfield general
France is the FIFA 2018 world champion and they achieved this almost after two decades. The team is comprised of great players like Griezman, Pogba, Kante , Varane , Mbappe and many others. The midfield of this team is under Kante. He is like a machine and can took workload more than any other player on the field.
He can work like a machine on the field. His accurate tackle, enormous workload and inch perfect pass made him non penetrable. He played a vital role in the defensive midfield both for the Chelsea and his own country France. But the journey was not very smooth and had to face many ups and downs in the journey.
Born in Paris to Malian parents, Kanté began his career at the age of eight at JS Suresnes in the western suburbs of the capital, remaining there for a decade. According to assistant manager Pierre Ville, Kanté remained outside the radar of big teams because of his small stature and selfless style of play.
He made his professional debut for Boulogne in 2012 and that is quite a late start for a future midfield general. But god has some other plans and played there for quite some time. Before coming to the top flight of the football, i.e EPL, he played at Caen( a Liga 2 club). He finally got some limelight after coming to the Leicester City.
Kanté was scouted for Premier League club Leicester City by Steve Walsh, who had previously facilitated the transfers of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez to the team. He earned much praise for his consistently impressive displays for Leicester, and was widely considered to be a major factor in the club’s excellent form as they went on to win the 2015–16 Premier League, consistently making a high number of tackles and interceptions .
He is the only player to leave the club after their big win in the Premier League. His dismissal was proved to be a major reason for their decline in the coming season. He moved to the EPL giant Chelsea and within a short span of time he became an invincible part of Chelsea’s starting 11. He was nominated for Ballon d or and also won the PFA’s player of the year for two consecutive year.
